Zelda Wins Game of the Year at 2017 Golden Joystick Awards

The 35th edition of the Golden Joystick Awards took place last night in London, where The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild took both Ultimate Game of the Year and Critics’ Choice awards, among others. The ceremony, which handed trophies based on the online voting of millions of fans around the world, also highlighted The Last of Us Part 2 as the Most Wanted Game among those coming in the future. Breath of the Wild was overall the most awarded title of the evening, taking five trophies in total, including Best Audio, Nintendo Game of the Year, and the Best Studio for Nintendo EPD.

Other big winners of the ceremony included Horizon: Zero Dawn, which won Best Storytelling, Best Gaming Perfomance for voice actress Ashly Burch, who also took the Breakthrough of the Year, and PlayStation Game of the Year. The game was also the second running to the Ultimate Game of the Year Award, with Persona 5 being third. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds took home trophies for Best Multiplayer Game, and PC Game of the Year, while Overwatch was named eSports Game of the Year. Cuphead was named Xbox Game of the Year, although Friday the 13th The Game was named Best Indie Game.

The Golden Joystick also gave a Lifetime Achievement to Civilization’s creator Sid Meier, and a Hall of Fame Award to the Final Fantasy series.

Check out the full list of winners below.

Best Storytelling: Horizon Zero Dawn

Best Visual Design: Cuphead

Best Audio: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

Best Gaming Performance: Ashly Burch – Horizon Zero Dawn

Best Indie Game: Friday the 13th The Game

Best Multiplayer Game: Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds

Studio of the Year: Nintendo EPD

eSports Play of the Year: Agilities’ five-man Dragonblade at Overwatch Contenders

eSports Team of the Year: Seoul Dynasty (formerly Lunatic-Hai)

eSports Game of the Year: Overwatch

Best Streamer/Broadcaster: Markiplier

Handheld/Mobile Game of the year: Pokémon Sun and Moon

Nintendo Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

PlayStation Game of the Year: Horizon Zero Dawn

Xbox Game of the Year: Cuphead

PC Game of the Year: Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds

Critics’ Choice Award: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

Breakthrough Award: Ashly Burch

Hall of Fame Award: Final Fantasy

Most Wanted Game: The Last of Us Part II

Still Playing: World of Tanks

Outstanding Contribution to the UK Game Industry: Debbie Bestwick

Lifetime Achievement: Sid Meier

Ultimate Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

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